HP-UX Reference (11i v2 04/09) - 2 System Calls (vol 5)

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vfork(2) vfork(2)
SIGSEGV or SIGBUS.
In the [
vfork,exec] window, a call to
signal() (see signal (2) that installs a catching function
can affect handling of the signal by the parent. The parent is not affected if the handling is being
set to
SIG_DFL or SIG_IGN, or if either
sigaction() or sigvector() is used (see sigac-
tion (2) and sigvector (2)).
AUTHOR
vfork() was developed by the University of California, Berkeley.
SEE ALSO
exec(2), exit(2), fork(2), wait(2).
Section 2−−482 Hewlett-Packard Company − 2 − HP-UX 11i Version 2: September 2004